እም

Argobba

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.

Noun

እም (ʾəm) f

1. mother

Ge'ez

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.

Noun

እም • (ʾəmm) f (plural እማት (ʾəmmat))

1. mother

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *šim.

Alternative forms

• እመ (ʾəmmä) — more often

Conjunction

እም • (ʾəm)

1. if, introduces the protasis of a conditional sentence

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “እም”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 726–728
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) “እም”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 22a–23b

Tigre

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.

Noun

እም • (ʾəm) f (plural እማት (ʾəmmat))

1. mother

References

• Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “እም”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 353a